Since I can finally say that I can see major signs of Spring after such a long Winter, I thought I’d do a Favourites post!

Now, I’m not the one to do these kind of posts on a regular basis, mainly because once I discover a product that I really love and I know it works for me, I totally stick to it for the longest time. So a monthly makeup favourites, or skincare favourites would be kind of repetitive and unnecessary. Plus to form a decent opinion on a new product, especially with skincare, it might take a lot more than one month.

But this past couple of months I’ve tested a good few new products that instantly stole my heart and made it to my Favourites…

Here you have my absolute Seasonal Favourites for the Winter of 2014-2015:

– my favourite Winter home scent for the past two years has been this Byredo Bibliothèque Fragranced Candle. I can’t even tell you how much I love this candle and how many I have burnt down. This year I went for something different, something more smokey and warm, with comforting notes of patchouli, birch tar and guaiac wood – the Burberry Smokey Embers Fragranced Candle. It’s the perfect candle to “recreate the mood of an English fireside afternoon”, as they say on their website. Definitely give this one a sniff if you’re in a Burberry store.

– for fashion items I absolutely lived in my Smiling Shoes heels! You might think that I went bananas, especially if you know what winters are like in Continental Excessive Climates, but stay assured I still had boots on for walking outside, in the snow. But for work and going out, and winter parties these shoes never left my feet!

– for random favourites, I really got into tea which I think it warmed my body as well as my soul. I particularly loved the combination of strong, aromatic tea ( mostly from the Teapigs company ) and coconut milk.

Also my love for clementines went to another level of obsession, and I always found myself munching on them and these Milka cookies…

And I totally hated 50 Shades of Grey – simply because I can’t get excited about someone else’s sexual fantasies… No offense!

I hope you enjoyed my favourite things for the Winter months and please be kind and share yours!

Also, should I make this Seasonal Favourites a regular entry on my blog? What do you think?

girl, thank you for the lovely compliment! you are the best! you can have my heels too if you like… get them on http://www.smilingshoes.com, they ship internationally! 😉 😀 😛
anyways thank you so much for the lovely feedback! you made my day!
sending you lots of xx and hugs and wishing you an amazing long weekend!

you are the most lovely, V! thank you so much! I love my reds so I kind of had to feature them in yet another blog post! LOL
thank you from the positive feedback on the seasonal posting! I will definitely repeat the experience!
sending you lots of xx and hugs

Yes, ma belle! My vote is for a seasonal series :o)
Your photos illustrate your favorites in such a lovely way! Andy and I love Byredo’s Bibliothèque as well. So yummy!! I could die.
How are you? Anything new going on?
Quick update from southern Utah: I finished reading Clara and Mr. Tiffany. Great book :o) The soil scientists are meeting us at our lot tomorrow morning so that they can begin designing a septic system for our new house. It’s the first unofficial/official breaking of ground, I guess. LOL. I spent a long while in the garden this afternoon as well. I feel wonderful after getting some sunny rays. Miss you, ma belle :o)

OMG! SOOOOOO happy that you can finally take the first steps, even if they’re small to your dream house! this is that critical time when you want everything to be ready in a blink of an eye and loose your patience! pff!
I immediately went on Google and searched for Clara ad Mr. Tiffany… sounds like an amazing read! the beginnings of Tiffany & Co, right?
and it had to be a woman behind everything, right?! LOL
we finally made it to the seaside! the weather it’s not the greatest but it tries its best! we actually have sun with clouds at the moment, but the sea is as cold as Hell’s core! so no bathing for now… well, we were expecting that anyway! and fingers crossed, sun will be more generous the next days! 🙂
have a lovely weekend as well!
sending you lots of xx and hugs all across the Ocean + a continent! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Aww. You’re the sweetest.
I’m so sad that the sun and cold water aren’t cooperating for my friend!! I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it still a lovely holiday. :o)
And, yes, Clara Driscoll was the woman behind the true artistry in the Tiffany studios. Her letters well document the period and fill in a lot of the gaps that previously left us wondering if they were Louis Comfort Tiffany’s designs or the designs of others. Her designs were by far the most elegant and refined, and it appears that the idea for the lamp shades was hers (isn’t that what we all think of? Tiffany lamps?). It was fun to learn about the son of the man who started Tiffany and Co. as well. It sounds like they were an interesting family! Clara was a true women’s lib trailblazer, as well. She lived an extraordinary life. Thanks for letting me gush :o)
Rest up, have fun. XO, ma belle.

Sounds more and more like a very intestinal read ma belle! I’m happy you enjoyed it and thank you so much for sharing it! I will definitely look for it too! I love things that have a story behind… Be it an object, or something that happened… or even a person! This is my kind of read as well… Not some erratic, sexual fantasies! 😉😁😋

We had a lovely weekend after all ma belle! The sea made it precious! And that dang food in Bulgaria that was everything and more! I took some shoots while we went there so I will definitely send a few in an email! I HAVE to keep my promise! Haha! 😁😁😁

Again, I hope you had an amazing weekend as well! Even better than mine! 👌🏼😌😊😘😘😘

and OMG! finally! I keep telling people about how amazing Byredo stuff is but I can’t have a proper conversation! this brand, unfortunately isn’t very known! which is such a shame! Bibliothèque has also a special meaning for me since it was among my first purchases from the brand!
see, more reasons to miss you too! you always understand me and know what I’m talking about! 🙂 😉
lots of xx and hugs from the Black Sea!

I also forgot to thank you for the positive feedback on posting seasonal favourites! I will definitely make this post a regular one!

sorry about spamming your feed, but I have so many things to share with you that I write a comment then I add more… and then I remember that I forgot to mention something and I start writing another one… LOL
#relax-mode

I really enjoyed this post Annie! I think you should regularly do a seasonal favorites post. I think it’s a much better idea than a monthly favorites. I do monthly favorites because I am always adding new ones lol. You pictures here are beautiful! I never saw the 50 Shades of Grey movie and don’t plan on it. I might watch it when its on DVD just because I’m curious but I’m not going to spend good money to go see it in a theater after hearing about it. Lovely post as always though! Have a great rest of the week! ❤ Lots of xx

aww! thank you so much my beautiful! I will gather my favourites in seasonal posts simply because I like to take my time and test them more! believe me, I keep adding more and more favourites as we speack! LOL

beh!… you already know me and my reds!… they had to be in another post! LOL
how have you been lately?
what are you doing this bank holiday?
sending you lots of xx

You’re welcome Annie! 🙂 Doing seasonal favorites is a great idea! I am always adding new favorites too lol.
Yes I know you and your reds. Red is so your color though! It looks beautiful with your skin and hair 🙂
I have been doing good today. Up and at ’em this morning lol. Though maybe I will take a nap soon lol. The only plans I have for the weekend is going out to dinner. We don’t have any sort of bank holiday here unfortunately or Ron would be home too. I hope you have a lovely weekend though! Lots of xx

Hi my lovely Katie! Sorry for the late reply! I’m finally back at work and in the swing of things! 😁
I hope you had a lovely weekend with Ron and Miss Allie!
I sure hope to see a favourites from you soon!
Lots of xx

Definitely going to check your favourites post asap! Even though I kind of remembered something about that now that you’ve mentioned it!!! Doh!! Someone’s definitely getting old here! LOL 😅😅😅
My weekend was lovely and I ‘m happy to hear that yours was too! 😁😁😁xx

Haha! we all wish to get younger instead of older, don’t we!? Well, the most important is not to allow our spirit to get old! 👌🏼😌 That’s one of the life lessons my Granny thought me when I was little! I had no idea what she was talking about at that time, but now I definitely do! 😌💕xx

as for 50 Shades… there’s nothing you loose if you’re not watching it after all! I was with a few friends who insisted so bad that I didn’t wanted to be that “party-pooper”, you know?!…
yeah, it’s as bad as the book unortunately!…
lots of xx

ahhh! I’m so happy I found someone who thinks in my terms! so I thank you for that my lovely!
it’s true, you can write monthly favourites as well, but that wouldn’t mean that you had some favourites for a short time?! and that short time isn’t actually too short?!
I definitely agree with you! to be able to “attest” a favourite ( I can’t find the right word, so that would do for now! ) you have to get the most out of it!
wishing you an amazing weekend!
lots of xx

Such lovely favorites! Love the amount of cleansers, I am totally obsessed with those myself. I cannot wait to try Elemis, First Aid, and Omorovicza!

Wasn’t 50 shades of grey awful?! I just watched it last week, but it was totally cringe worthy and akward! I also thought Jamie Dornan looked so much sexier in the fall and it is not a compliment to say you look hotter while portraying an evil serial killer.

I love the watch btw, is that Daniel Wellington?
Hope you have a lovely thursday! Almost weekend 😉
lots of xxx
Anne – http://www.dovesandroses.com

yayyy! cleanser-obsessed unite! LOL I have on the go quite a few, some are not even opened yet… and still buying more! I clearly have issues! thing is I’ve started to restock on face mists as well! same as last year! sighs #hoarder

yes! I didn’t liked the movie as well… the book was even more awful that the movie though… in the movie I could understand and appreciate to a certain extent the acting, but the story line… well it’s definitely not my type of read!… don’t get the hype, really don’t!… no offense to those how enjoyed it though!

COMPLETELY agreed with that! The writing wasn’t much indeed and the story line pathetic and pretty much annoying and predictable! Just crying and “banging” every two pages! Didn’t got me through half of the second book!
So I wouldn’t know how it ends? Maybe you’ll tell me!…

No you don’t want to know how it ends: the ending is the worst thing ever. And I only know this because I was on fieldwork in the middle of nowhere and that was the only book I hadn’t read yet…. never do!
xxx Anne

LOL I don’t know why but this sort of things always happen when you have no other alternative! 😩😔
And you’re right! I don’t care much about the ending! I don’t expect great things anyway! 😁😁😁
I hope you had an amazing weekend my lovely Anne!
Lots of xx

yes, the watch is DW and I love it to bits! last summer DW was kind enough to offer me a 15% discount for a month for annie’s beauty…
I also have a review on it! written at that time!
I’m planning on getting more straps, but my favourite remains this one! 😉

haha! I’m so happy that you had a lovely read! I enjoyed writing it myself!but I was also afraid that it would be kind of late to publish it! I’m the happiest when I’m insecure and get positive feedback from you, my beautiful ones!
#blessed
lots of xx

I am missing all of them lololol. I was really hoping to get Alejandro from TF lips and boys but they sold out of him so fast along with Julian 😦 I am dying for Crimson Noir but every time I am about to buy it I buy something else 😦 I need to stick with my list because I need these in my life. I blame all the new products they always have rolling out that makes me want them all so much

I know it’s so sad! Every time I hear that Lady Gaga song Alejandro I think of the lipstick that got away Lolol. Oh no worries Annie 😘 I couldn’t ask for that, we have it here, I just get carried away when I go online shopping and buy something I don’t need at all instead of what I do need lol 😬💕

LOL Lady Gaga, huh? 😂😂😂
No worries my lovely! If I manage to find it before you, I will definitely let you know! 😁 No problem helping you with that! It would definitely be a shame not having it! It’s such a pretty colour! 👌🏼💕😘
I hope you had a lovely weekend!
Lots of xx

well, not really… since I’m not the biggest pink fan! there are only a couple of shades in my collection that stole my heart!
but this year, Spring is all about peaches – with pink undertones that’s true, but still the beautiful peaches! :D;)
wishing you an amazing weekend!
lots of xx

Winter feels like so long ago:P Since I live in Florida it already felt like summer a few months ago. I feel like most of my favorites have to do with YouTube vloggers and just anything that would make my busy days a little less stressful 🙂
I hope you also have a wonderful weekend!

aww! thank you so much my lovely! you are too sweet! 🙂
and for good reason they rave about it! it’s such an amazing product! are there other shades you’re interested in buying?
wishing you an amazing long weekend!
lots of xx